Priya Malik wins Gold medal at Under20 World Wrestling Championships in Jordanian

Indian grappler Priya Malik won Gold medal at the 2023 U20 World Wrestling Championships in Jordan. Priya  became just the second woman wrestler from India to be crowned U20 world championship.

Antim Panghal had been the first woman from India to win a junior world title in wrestling at last year’s edition. Priya, the 22-year-old from Haryana, beat Laura Celine Kuehn  of Germany  by 5-0 in the women’s 76kg freestyle wrestling final.

In a true stamp of authority, Priya went the whole tournament without conceding a single point in any of her matches. Priya has now won both the U17  2021,and 2022  and U20 world titles in her short but promising career.